Kimitoshi Yamane(山根 公利Yamane Kimitoshi, born January 30, 1966 in Shimane Prefecture) is a Japanese mecha designer. Yamane began his career and honed his skills at noted studio Artmic in the 1980s, beginning with Bubblegum Crisis, AD Police, Gall Force and Megazone 23. After the studio was disbanded, he started his career as a freelancer and worked on numerous series as mecha designer, including Vision of Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team and Mobile Fighter G Gundam. He worked for the first time with Shinichirō Watanabe on Cowboy Bebop. His work on non-robot productions such as The Silent Service, Gatchaman and numerous Artmic works have also been lauded.